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1879 Montreal, Quebec Canada - 1954 Oakland, California. Known for: Landscape, genre and portrait painting, etching.
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his parents until their deaths. He studied at the Montreal Art Association School with William Brymmer, the foremost teacher of the city, who, in turn, encouraged his students to study in Paris. Clapps's good friend was Clarence Gagnon, who later became... Read full biography
A man who earned a prestigious reputation in Canada and the United States, William Henry Clapp was a painter and etcher of modernist styles ranging from Impressionism to Fauvism to Pointillism. He was born in Montreal and moved to Oakland, California with his family in 1885 and lived there through his childhood until the early 1900s when the family returned to Montreal. His only sister died when she was age seventeen from tuberculosis, and he was so deeply affected he continued to live with his parents until their deaths. He studied at the Montreal Art Association School with William Brymmer, the foremost teacher of the city, who, in turn, encouraged his students to study in Paris. Clapps's good friend was Clarence Gagnon, who later became a well-known expatriate painter, and they took numerous plein-air painting trips together. This experience was the first time Clapp had... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Chalk
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pastel Painting/Drawing
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
- •Pointillism, Pointillist, Divisionism
Art Subject
- •Beach Scenes, Bathers, Swimming Genre
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Gardens, Garden Scenes
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Catalina Island
Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League
- •California Art Club-
- •Canadian Art Club, Toronto
- •San Francisco Art Association-
- •Society of Six-California
Art Teacher
- •Jean Paul Laurens
Art School
- •Academie de la Grand Chaumiere, Paris, Student
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Jessie Dow Prize, Montreal Art Association
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Morton H. Fleischer Collection
Added Description
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939, 1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Artists Professional League-
- •Canadian Art Club, Toronto-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •San Francisco Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts